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POTSDAM, ST. LAWRENCE COUNTY, N. Y. 



State of New York, 

Department of Public Instruction, 
Superintendent 's Office, Albany, January i, i8go. ) 
To School Commissioners and City Superintendents of Schools: 

Your attention is respectfully invited to the follow- 
ing announcement relating to the State Normal and 
Training School at Potsdam. 

DESIGN OF SCHOOL. 

The design of the School is to furnish competent 
teachers for the Public Schools of the State. 

A PPOINTMENTS. 

All appointments for admission are made by the 
State Superintendent-of Public Instruction, subject to 
the required examination, upon the recommendation of 
the several School Commissioners or City Superintend- 
ents of Schools, whose duty it is to extend information 
upon the subject, and to use all reasonable means to 
secure the selection of suitable candidates. 



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at a time not later than fifteen days before the opening 
of the term. Recommendations should be made as 
early as practicable, and be mailed promptly to the 
Superintendent of Public Instruction at Albany. 

It is suggested that Commissioners advertise where 
they will meet and examine applicants for appointment 

Recommendations need not be limited to any pre- 
scribed number, but encouragement should be given 
to worthy and aspiring young men and women, who 
are qualified, and intend to make teaching their voca- 
tion, to attend this school. 

ADMISSION. 

To gain admission to the School, pupils must be at 
least sixteen years of age, and must possess good health, 
good moral characters and average abilities. They must 
be able to spell correctly ; to pronounce, in reading, 
accurately and readily, words in common use; to write 
neatly and legibly; to pass a thorough examination up- 
on descriptive and mathematical geography; U. S. 
history and such an examination upon arithmetic and 
grammar (including analysis of sentences) as to show 
that they will be able to review and complete those 
studies in one term. Each pupil must also upon enter- 
ing the school sign the following pledge to teach: 

"We, the undersigned, having received (or expecting to receive) 
appointments to the State Normal and Training School at Potsdam, 
N. Y., hereby declare upon honor, 

First — That our purpose in coming to this School is to prepare our- 
selves to teach; and 

Second — That it is our present intention to teach in the Public 
Schools of this State for a reasonable length of time." 

In the judgment of the State Superintendent, a "rea- 
sonable length of time" is a period as long as that dur- 
ing which the student has been in the Normal School 



POTSDAM NORMAL SCHOOL. 5 

SPECIAL PRIVILEGES OF PUPILS. 

No charge is made for tuition or for the use of text 
books. Students will be held responsible, however, 
for books lost or injured. They are advised to bring 
with them, for reference, any suitable books they may 
have. The amount of fare necessarily paid on public 
conveyances in coming to the school will be refunded 
to full Normal Students who remain a full term. 

FORM OF RECOMMENDATION. 

To the Superintendent of Public Instruction: 

I hereby recommend of 

in the county of aged years, as 

possessing the health, scholarship, mental ability and 
moral character requisite for an appointment to the 
State Normal and Training School at Potsdam. 



School Commissioner of the County 

Date 

TERMS AND VACATIONS. 

The year is divided into two terms of twenty weeks 
each. The Fall term commences on the first Wednes- 
day in September, and the Spring term on the first 
Wednesday in February. 

All pupils should be present promptly at the opening 
of the term. 

The examination for admission and classification will 
commence on Wednesday; and a failure on the part of 
candidates to be present at that time will subject them 
and the teachers to the inconvenience of a private 
examination. 



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COURSE OF INSTRUCTION 



ELEMENTARY ENGLISH COURSE. 

Students to be admitted to this Course must be able to spell cor- 
rectly; to pronounce, in reading, accurately and readily, words in 
common use; to write neatly and legibly; to pass a thorough examina- 
tion upon descriptive and mathematical geography and U. S. History; 
and such an examination upon arithmetic and grammar (including 
analysis of sentences) as to show that they will be able to review and 
complete these studies in one term. 

FIRST YEAR— FIRST QUARTER. (D.) 

Arithmetic, Grammar, Botany, Composition, 

Vocal Music, Drawing, Calisthenics. 

SECOND QUARTER. (D.) 

Arithmetic, Grammar, Physiography, Composition, 

Vocal Music Drawing, Calisthenics. 

THIRD QUARTER. (C.) 

Algebra, Physiology, Rhetoric, Reading, 

Civics and School Law, 
Vocal Music, Drawing, Calisthenics. 

FOURTH QUARTER. (C.) 

Algebra, Zoology, Rhetoric, Elocution, School Economy, 
Vocal Music, Drawing, Calisthenics. 

SECOND YEAR— FIRST QUARTER. (B.) 

History and Philosophy of Education, Science Methods, 

Language Methods, Primary Methods, Observation, 

Vocal Music, Drawing, Rhetorical Work. 

SECOND QUARTER. (B.) 

History and Philosophy of Education, Grammar Methods, 

Arithmetic Methods, Geography Methods, Observation, 
Vocal Music Methods, Drawing Methods, Rhetorical Work. 

THIRD AND FOURTH QUARTERS. (A.) 

Teaching in the Schools of Practice, 
Course of Reading and Discussions connected with professional work. 



POTSDAM NORMAL SCHOOL. 7 

ADVANCED ENGLISH COURSE. 

Students to be admitted to this Course must pass a satisfactory ex- 
amination in all the studies in the first year of the Elementary English 
Course. 

FIRST YEAR— FIRST QUARTER. (D.) 

Algebra, Geometry, Geology, General History, 

Vocal Music, Drawing, Rhetorical Work. 

SECOND QUARTER. (D.) 

Algebra, Geometry, Geology, General History, 

Vocal Music, Drawing, Rhetorical Work. 

THIRD QUARTER. (C.) 

Geometry, Physics, Astronomy, English Literature, Chemistry, 
Vocal Music, Drawing, Rhetorical Work. 

FOURTH QUARTER. (C.) 

Geometry, Physics, English Literature, 

Chemistry, Vocal Music, Drawing, Rhetorical Work. 

SECOND YEAR. 

Same as the second year of the Elementary English Course, with 
elocution in the first quarter. 



SCIENTIFIC COURSE. 

This course is the same as the Advanced English Course, with the 
addition of two years' study of any two of the languages, Latin, Greek, 
German and French. 



CLASSICAL COURSE. 

Students to be admitted to this Course must pass a satisfactory ex- 
amination in all the studies in the first year of the Elementary English 
Course. 

FIRST YEAR— FIRST QUARTER. (F.) 

Algebra, Latin, Geology, General History, 

Vocal Music, Drawing, Rhetorical Work. 

SECOND QUARTER. (F.) 

Algebra, Latin, Astronomy, General History, 

Vocal Music, Drawing, Rhetorical Work. 

THIRD QUARTER, (E.) 

Geometry, Latin, Natural Philosoph)-, English Literature, 

Vocal Music, Drawing, Rhetorical Work. 



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FOURTH QUARTER. (E.) 

Geometry, Latin, Natural Philosophy, English Literature, 

Vocal Music, Drawing, Rhetorical Work. 

SECOND YEAR— FIRST QUARTER. (D.) 

Geometry, German, French or Greek, Latin, 

Civics and School Law, 

Vocal Music, Drawing, Rhetorical Work. 

SECOND QUARTER. (D.) 

Geometry, German, French or Greek, Latin, 

School Economy, Vocal Music, Drawing, Rhetorical Work. 

THIRD QUARTER. (C.) 

Latin, German, French or Greek, Chemistry, 

History and Philosophy of Education, 

Science Methods, Vocal Music, Drawing, Rhetorical Work. 

FOURTH QUARTER. (C.) 

Latin, German, French or Greek, Chemistry, 

History and Philosophy of Education, 
Arithmetic Methods, Vocal Music, Drawing, Rhetorical Work. 

THIRD YEAR— FIRST QUARTER. (B.) 

Latin, German, French or Greek, Language Methods, 
Primary Methods, Observation, Discussions, Elocution. 

SECOND QUARTER. (B.) 

Latin, German, French or Greek, Geographry Methods, 
Grammar Methods, Discussions, Teaching in the Schools of Practice. 

THIRD QUARTER. (A.) 

Latin, German, French or Greek, Teaching in the Schools of Practice, 
Course of Reading connected with Professional Woik. 

FOURTH QUARTER, (A.) 

Latin, German, French or Greek, Teaching in the Schools of Practice, 
Course of Reading connected with Professional Work. 

N. B. — Botany is studied the first quarter in the Fall and the fourth 
quarter in the Spring. Physical Geography and Astronomy are changed 
accordingly. 

Rhetorical work once each week. Music and Drawing twice each 
week. Calisthenics ever}' term throughout all the courses. 



POTSDAM NORMAL SCHOOL. 9 

DIPLOMAS. 

Students who satisfactorily complete any one of the 
above Courses will receive corresponding Diplomas, 
which will serve as licenses to teach in the Public 
Schools of the State. 

It will be seen by the preceding Courses of Study 
that Students who have thoroughly mastered the sub- 
jects named in the first year of the Elementary English 
Course, can in two years complete the Advanced En- 
glish Course, in two and a half years the Scientific, or 
in three years the Classical Course. 

Students possessing the requisite age and qualifica- 
tions may be admitted to any class on examination; but 
no person can graduate from any of the prescribed 
Courses without passing through the last two terms of 
that Course. 

ADVANCED STANDINGS. 

After the preliminary examinations for admission 
have been passed, pupils maybe admitted to Advanced 
Standings on passing satisfactory examinations in the 
branches of study laid down in the curriculum. A pu- 
pil passing any branch in this way, will not be required 
to take it in the school. 

Satisfactory evidence of thorough scholarship in all 
that is required in any branch will be received and pu- 
pils will be passed out of such subjects without ex- 
amination. 

In all science subjects nothing but laboratory work 
will be accepted. In mathematical subjects the reason 
for every step must be understood. Mere ability to 
work examples is not sufficient. In grammar and rhet- 
oric mere rules and definitions will not suffice. Ability 
to analyze thought and write correctly are indispensa- 



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ble. Pupils who are so advanced without examination 
will, if on trial found deficient, be required to take up 
the branches in the school. Thorough, careful prepa- 
ration in the various branches is indispensable in order 
to take up the discussion of methods successfully, and 
it is always unfortunate for any one to be passed who 
has not such preparation. Pupils who contemplate 
being passed up in this way should bring certificates 
from their teachers, stating quite definitely the charac- 
ter and extent of the knowledge gained. 

CONCLUSION. 

Allow me to urge you to use all proper means to 
extend information in regard to this school, that per- 
sons who possess requisite qualifications may be in- 
duced to participate in its benefits. Your experience 
must bear witness that the greatest need of the Com- 
mon Schools is the acquisition of more teachers who 
are thoroughly qualified ; and I confidently trust that 
you will give a cheerful and prompt response to this 
for your official action. 

A. S. DRAPER, 

Supt. of Public Instruction. 



POTSDAM NORMAL SCHOOL. 11 

GENERAL INFORMATION. 



LOCAL BOARD. 

HENRY WATKINS, A. M., President. 

J. G. McINTYRE, A. M., Sec. Hon. GEO. Z. ERWIN, A.M.,Treas. 

JESSE REYNOLDS. M. D., ROSWELL G. PETTIBONE, A. M., 

Hon. JOHN I.GILBERT, LL.D., Gen.E.A.MERRITT, LL.D., 

WM. A. POSTE, A. M., A. G. GAINES, D. D. 



FACULTY. 

T. B. Stowell, A. M.,Ph. D., Principal. History and Phil, of Education 

Amelia Morey, Preceptress English Language and Methods 

Warren Mann, A. M Natu?al Science and Methods 

Edward W. Flagg, A. B History, English Literature and Rhetoric 

Ida B. Steyer '. French and German 

Jane F. Butrick, Principal Primary Department Primary Methods 

Clara M. Russell, Principal Intermediate Dept. . .Geography Methods 

J. Ettie Crane Vocal Music and Methods 

Fred L. Dewey, A. M Greek and Latin 

Freeman H. A~lj,en. Arithmetic, American History, Botany and Methods 

Minnie R. Lucas Reading, Elocution. Calisthenics and Methods 

A. W. Morehouse, A. M Mathematics, Geology and Methods 

Eliza Kellas Composition, Preparatory Branches and Methods 

Alice M . Burn, A. B Drawing and Methods 

Sarah V. Chollar. .Civics, School Law, Preparatory Branches, Methods 

F. E. Hathorne Piano, Organ, Harmony 

Mrs. F. E. Hathorne Assistant Piano 

Henry A. Watkins Leader of Orchestra 

Grace T. Howe Assistant Vocal Music 

George A. White .Janitor. 

ORGANIZATION. 

i. The School is divided into four departments — 
Normal, Academic, Intermediate and Primary. 

In the Normal Department are four Courses of 
Study : Elementary English, occupying two years ; 
Advanced English, three years ; Scientific, three and a 
half years ; and Classical, four years. 



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In the Academic Department are four Courses of 
Study. (See Academic Department.) 

The Intermediate Department comprises four grades, 
and the Primary five grades. 

There is also a Musical Conservatory, affording stu- 
dents ample opportunities for instruction in vocal and 
instrumental music. 

2. Every Saturda}^ 22d of February, Memorial Day, 
Annual Thanksgiving and the following Friday, and 
all Thanksgivings and Fast-days authorized by the 
National and State governments are regarded as holi- 
days. 

LOCATION. 

The School is located in the beautiful village of 
Potsdam, St. Lawrence Co., N. Y., on the Rome, Wa- 
tertown & Ogdensburg R.R., six miles from Norwood, 
on the Ogdensburg & Lake Champlain R. R. 

The facilities of the School are largely increased by 
the recent expenditure on the part of the State. The 
buildings and surroundings are put in complete sani- 
tary condition, There is a commodious Gymnasium 
on the first floor of the new building. The entire 
building is heated by steam and thoroughly ventilated. 
The boilers are placed in a separate structure con- 
structed especially for the purpose. 

The village of Potsdam has expended a large sum of 
money in surface drainage and sewerage, and no vil- 
lage in Northern New York possesses superior advan- 
tages as regards healthfulness. 

BOARDING AND EXPENSES. 

Board can be obtained in private families, including 
washing, fuel and lights, at rates varying from $2.50 to 
$4.00 per week. 

Students desiring to board themselves can obtain 
convenient and furnished rooms at from $ .50 to $1.00 
per week. 



POTSDAM NORMAL SCHOOL. 13 

Students should reach Potsdam the day before the 
opening of the term and go directly to the Normal 
School building, where they will be advised in regard 
to boarding places. 

All boarding places must be approved by the Prin- 
cipal. 

Books Recommended for a Course of Reading, 

Pupils will always find it to their advantage to read 
some of the authors named in this list before entering 
the Normal School, as a preparation to do intelligently 
and profitably the work in rhetoric and literature that 
will be required of them. The order of preference in 
regard to authors and books is indicated by the list. 

I. — Dickens' History of England; Abbott's Elizabeth; Richard III.; 
William the Conqueror; Shakespeare's King John; Scott's Kenil- 
worth; Scott's Ivanhoe; Thackeray's Four George's; Thackeray's Hen- 
ry Esmond. 

II — Higginson's U. S. History; Kingsley's Westward, Ho; Stowe's 
Uncle Tom's Cabin; Cooper's Last of the Mohicans; Longfellow's 
Miles Standish; Irving's Knickerbocker. 

III. — Hawthorne's Tanglewood Tales, and Wonder Book; Stories 
from Iliad and Odyssey; Stories from the Grecian Dramatists; Meri- 
vale's History of Rome; Cox's History of Greece; Plutarch's Lives; 
Froude's Caesar; Trollope's Cicero; Bulwer's Last Days of Pompeii; 
Eber's Uarda; Macaulay's Lays of Ancient Rome. 

IV. — Hugo's Les Miserables; Taylor's Faust; George Eliot's Rom- 
ola; Goldsmith's Vicar of Wakefield; Dickens' Tale of Two Cities; 
Warner's Back Log Studies; Holmes' Autocrat of the Breakfast Table; 
Longfellow's Evangeline; Alford's Queen's English; Moon's Dean's 
English; Miller's My Schools and Schoolmaster's; Milton's Paradise 
Lost; Emerson's Representative Men; Lamb's Stories from Shakes- 
peare; Hawthorne's House of Seven Gables; Yonge's History of France; 
Yonge's History of Germany. 

Libraries and Reading Room. 

The School is supplied with a complete text book 
and reference library, containing the works used in the 
School and those needed for reference. Normal Stu- 
dents are furnished with text books free. 



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There is a Library connected with the School con- 
taining upwards of 2,000 volumes ; also a Reading 
Room supplied with daily newspapers, a large number 
of weeklies, the leading magazines of the day, and 
educational periodicals. 

Literary Societies. 

There are four Literary Societies connected with 
the School : the Francis Baconian and the Roger Ba- 
conian, meeting on Friday evenings, sustained by the 
gentlemen; the Alpha and the Calliopean, meeting on 
Saturday evenings, sustained by the ladies. 

Their regular weekly exercises consist of debates, 
declamations, select readings, essays, music, etc. 

Public exercises are held once each term in which 
members of the four Societies participate. 

Musical Society. 

The Euterpean Society, sustained by members of 
the Conservatory of Music, meets Monday evenings 
for the rendering- and interpretation of standard music, 
the study of the life and works of classic and modern 
composers, with discussions and criticisms of various 
musical topics. 

Alumni Association. 

The graduates of the School have organized an 
Alumni Association, designed to foster proper senti- 
ments for each other and the School, and the better to 
assist each other in procuring situations. It has a con- 
stitution and by-laws providing for active and honor- 
ary members, for regular meetings, and for an annual 
lecture before the Association. 

Students' Christian Association. 

A weekly prayer meeting is sustained and conducted 
by the pupils. 

A White Cross Society holds weekly meetings. 



POTSDAM NORMAL SCHOOL. 15 

Discipline. 

The discipline of the School is based upon the larg- 
est liberty, but not license. Pupils Avho do not wish to 
do good and faithful work are not desired. This Insti- 
tution is dedicated to study, and only those who are 
students find it a pleasant place. We believe that 
where little is required from pupils much should be 
expected. Personal discipline is placed among the 
most important things to be accomplished by a Normal 

student. 

Academic Department. 

The Academic Department is open for pupils who 
wish to take the Academic studies of the School, but 
who do not wish to become teachers. In this depart- 
ment there are four Courses: a Course Preparatory for 
College, embracing such studies as are required for 
admission to college; and Scientific, Classical and En- 
glish Courses, corresponding to the same Courses of 
the Normal Department, with the omission of the pro- 
fessional work of Methods and Practice. Pupils grad- 
uating from either of these Courses are entitled to a 
Diploma on payment of five dollars for the same. 

TUITION. 

Higher English Studies and Languages, per qr. $7.00. 
Elementary English, " $6.00. 

Students pursuing less than three Academic studies 
will be charged $2.00 per quarter for each Elementary 
English study, and $2.50 per quarter for each Higher 
English study, Latin, Greek, German, French, Music or 
Drawing. 

For special information call on or address 

T. B. STOWELL, Principal. 



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PROGRAM OF DAILY EXERCISES. 



Classes. 

1st Period. 



Music. 
D. Drawing, 

Calisthenics. 



D. 



ELEMENTARY ENGLISH. 

FORENOON. 

Sd Period. 3d Period. 4th Period. 

Sec. Div. 
Composition. 

First Div. Botany. 

Arithmetic. Physiography. 



AFTERNOON. 

5th Period. 6th Period. 



Rhetoric. Civics & Sch: Music. Read'g 1st Qr. 

Slocu. Jst Qr. Law 1st Qr. Drawing:. Elocu. 2d Qr. 

Kead'g 2d Qr. Sch. Econ. 2d Qr- Calisthenics. 



Gram. 



Algebra. 



Sec. Div. 

Arithmetic. 

First Div. 

Compositiou. 

Physiology 1st Qr, 
Zoology 2d Qr. 



ADVANCED ENGLISH. 



Geology. 
Mineralogy. 

Music . 

Drawing. 

Calisthenics. 



Music. 
Geometry. Drawing. 

Calisthenics. 



Geometry. 
Trigonometry. 



Gen, History Astronomy. Ad. Algebra. 
Astronomy. 



Chemistry. Eng. Literature. 

Trigonometry. 

SCIENTIFIC AND CLASSICAL. 



F. 


Geology. 
Mineralogy. 


Latin. 


Music. 

Drawing. 

Calisthenics, 


Gen Hist. 
Astronomy. 




Ad. Algebra. 


E. 


Music. 

Drawing. 

Calisthenics. 


Geometry. 


Latin. 


Physics . 


Eng. Literature, 




I». 


Music. 

Drawing. 

Calisthenics. 


Civics & Sch. 

Law 1st Qr. 

Sch. Econ. 

2dQr. 


Geometry. 

Trigonometry 
1st Qr. 


Greek, 
French. 


German. 


Latin. 


C. 


Greek . 
Latin. 


Chemistry. 


Hist, k Philos. 
of Education. 


French. 


Prim. Meth. 

1st Qr. 

Sci. Meth. 

2d Qr. 


German. 








PROFESSIONAL. 






B. 


Lang. Meth. 

1st. Qr. 

Gram. Meth. 

2dQr. 


German. 
Geog. Meth, 

1st Qr. 

Arith. Meth. 

2dQr. 


Hist. & Philos. 

of Education. 

French . 


Observation. 


Prim. Meth. 

1st. Qr. 

Sci. Meth. 

2d Qr. 


Ad. Elocn. 

1st Qr. 

Music <fe Draw'g 

Meth. 2d Qr. 


A. 


German. 
Teaching. 


Teaching. 


French. 
Teaching. 


Reviews. 


French. 
Teaching. 


Teaching. 



Scientific and Classical may have two Languages in B and one in A Terms. 
Rhetorical Work and Calisthenics once, and Music and Drawing twice each 
week, throughout each course. C and D. Greek at 3.30 o'clock p. m. 



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CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC, 

CONNECTED WITH THE 

State Normal and Training School, 

POTSDAM, N. Y. 



INSTRUCTORS. 

J. ETTIE CRANE, - - - Theory, Methods, Voice. 
F. E. HATHORNE, - - - Piano, Organ, Harmony. 
Mrs. F. E. HATHORNE, - - Assistant Piano. 
GRACE T. HOWE, - - - Assistant Voice. 

HENRY A. WATKINS, - - Leader of Orchestra. 
CHAS. N. LANPHER, - Assistant " 

The constantly increasing demand for teachers of 
music in the public schools calls for better facilities for 
giving instruction in Music in the Normal Schools. 
The Potsdam Normal School, in answer to this de- 
mand, now offers to its students such musical advan- 
tages as are rarely found outside the large cities. 

A thorough and systematic Course of Instruction in 
Vocal Music has been added to the Course of Studv 
in all the departments of the School. 

The method in use has been adapted to Normal 
School work from the most improved and advanced 
systems. 

Outline of Course in Primary Department. 

Daily practice in Rote Singing, for the development 
of the voice, cultivation of the ear, and the study of 
good music. 



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Daily drill in singing by note, study of the scale for 
a clear mental perception of relative pitch. Study of 
rhythm, sight singing in one and two parts. 

Outline of Course in Intermediate Department. 

Daily practice of good songs, to carry on the disci- 
pline of ear and voice, to inculcate the principles of 
artistic singing, to cultivate the taste, and give famili- 
arity with the best music. 

Daily drill in sight singing, with practice in singing 
major, minor, and chromatic scales. Study of intervals 
and triads to accustom the ear to all possible harmonic 
relations. Two and three part songs for sight reading. 
Children who complete the course from the beginning 
Primary class through the Intermediate are capable of 
singing the most difficult music at sight. 

Outline of Course in Normal Department. 

Thorough study of Rudiments of Music, and Ele- 
mentary Harmony. Constant practice in Sight Sing- 
ing. Drill in the proper rendering of the best music. 
Study of the best methods for teaching music in the 
Public Schools. Practice in Teaching music in Train- 
ing Schools. 

SPECIAL MUSIC TEACHERS' COURSE. 

To supply the demand for teachers fitted to super- 
intend the music in graded and high schools, a Course 
has been arranged combining the study of theory, 
methods, voice culture, and practice in teaching in the 
Training schools. The time required for this Course 
is two years, when a Diploma is granted, showing the 
holder to be prepared to do the work of a Special Mu- 
sic Teacher. The only expense connected with this 
Course is for the lessons in voice culture, which may 
be taken either of the teacher in charge of the vocal 
department, or of the assistant voice teacher. 



POTSDAM NORMAL SCHOOL. 19 

Pupils taking- this Course in connection with either 
oi the Literary Courses, will find themselves prepared 
to do a kind ot work for which there is great demand. 

To the needs of successful teachers of other branches 
of study, this Course is especially adapted, as it applies 
the skill in teaching already possessed, to the teaching 
of music, thus giving to the teacher .the power to teach 
music in her own school, and securing the best results 
in music, for music must be adapted to the child's 
mind, and only good teachers know how to accomplish 
this end. 

The ability to sing the scale accurately in tune, is 
the only musical talent required in a student of this 
Course. 

ORCHESTRAS. 

Two orchestras of twelve to fifteen pieces each are 
in constant practice, under the efficient leadership of 
Mr. H. A. Watkins. 

Students who play stringed or wind instruments are 
given the opportunitv for practice on the instrument 
of their choice, and of studying orchestral music, free 
of expense. 

CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC. 

The Conservatory- of Music in connection with the 
School, in which students receive the best of instruc- 
tion in Piano and Organ Playing, Harmony, Vocal 
Culture and Singing, has become one of the most flour- 
ishing departments of the School, having more than 
doubled its number of pupils in the last two years. 

Miss J. Ettie Crane, who has charge of the Vocal 
Music in the School, gives instruction in Voice Culture 
and Singing. 

The Ancient Italian Method of Voice Training is 
used by Miss Crane, who has studied with Harry 
Wheeler, of the New England Conservatory, Mme. 



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Luisa Cappiani, of New York, and Signor Manuel 
Garcia, (Jenny Lind's master) of the Royal Academy 
of London. Miss Crane's pupils are meeting with 
marked success as teachers, and are known to be 
among the best singers in Northern New York. 

The Instrumental Music is under the direction of 
Prof. F. E. Hathorne, who is a graduate of the New 
England Conservatory of Music, besides having made 
a special study of the piano and organ under the best 
masters in the country. Prof. Hathorne taught lor 
some years in the East Greenwich Academy, where 
he graduated many pupils, who for breadth of mu- 
sical culture, and thorough mastery of piano technique, 
compare most favorably with the graduates of the best 
Conservatories in the United States. Many of Prof. 
Hathorne's pupils hold prominent positions as teachers, 
while others are making enviable reputations as concert 
performers. 

At the weekly Rhetorical Exercises, the weekly 
meetings of the Euterpean Society, the Annual Concert, 
semi-annual Commencement Exercises, and frequent 
Recitals, all music pupils sufficiently advanced, have 
the advantage of appearing in public. 

OUTLINE OF COURSE IN VOCAL CULTURE AND SINGING. 

First Year — Voice Placing; Breathing Studies; Spec- 
ial Attention to Distinct Articulation, Purity of Tone 
and Clear Intonation; English Songs and Ballads. 

Second Year — Study of Vowels and Consonants; De- 
velopment of Voice in Clear and Sombre timbres; 
Mechanical Exercises for Execution; Chromatic Scale; 
Preparatory Studies for Trill; English and Italian 
Songs and Arias. \ 

Third Year — Studies in Execution continued; Trill 
and other embellishments; Study of Selections from 
Operas and Oratorios; Study for Intelligent Interpre- 
tation of the best Songs. 



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Four tli Year — Studies in Execution continued; Study 
of Classical Songs, Selections from Opera and Orato- 
rio; French, German and Italian Songs; special atten- 
tion paid to Delivery, Facial Expression and Stage 
Presence. 

A Diploma will be given to those completing the 
Course satisfactorily. 



P1AN0 F0RTE. 



COURSE OF STUDY. 



FIRST GRADE. 
Emery's Foundation Studies, or Part First of New 
England Conservatory Method. 

SECOND GRADE. 

12 Little Studies, Kohler op. 157. Kohler op. 50. 
Loeschhorn op. 52. Duvernoy op. 120. Loeschhorn 
op. 66. Major and Minor Scales and Arpeggios from 
"Complete Set of Scales" by A. D. Turner. Easy and 
progressive pieces, dementi's Sonatinas. Daily prac- 
tice of technique. 

THIRD GRADE. 
Bertim op. 29. Berens op. 61. Heller op. 46. Tur- 
ner's Melodious Studies op. 30. Study of Octaves. 
Krause op. 5. Kohler op. 128. Bach's "Little Preludes 
and Two Part Inventions," (ed. by F. Kullak.) Pieces 
for left hand alone. Hummel, op. 43. Pieces by Mo- 
zart, Haydn, Mendelssohn, and modern 'composers. 
Daily practice of technique. 



22 CIRCULAR OF THE 

FOURTH GRADE. 

Turner's Elements of Modern Octave Playing. Cra- 
mer's Studies (Bulow edition.) Bach's Three Part In- 
ventions. Damper Pedal Studies, op. 15, by A. D. 
Turner, dementi's Gradus ad Parnassum, (ed. by 
Tausig.) Studies for left hand, by Rheinberger, and A. 
D. Turner's op. 29. Selections from Mendelssohn, 
Beethoven, Schumann, Chopin, and other composers. 
Daily practice of technique. 

FIFTH GRADE. 

Moscheles op. 70. Bach's Inventions. Bertini op. 
66. Mayer op. 119. Selections from Schumann, Chopin, 
Mendelssohn, Beethoven, Liszt. Mozart's Concertos. 
Pieces committed to memory. Daily practice of tech- 
nique. Study of Harmony. 

Chopin op. 10. Selections from Bach's "English 
Suites" and "Well Tempered Clavichord." Kullak's 
Octave Studies. Selections from Chopin, Schumann 
and Liszt. Concertos and Concert Pieces by the classic 
composers. Two Piano pieces. Daily practice of 
technique. Study of Harmony. 



The foregoing systematic Course has been carefully 
prepared, and is intended to lay the foundation of a 
broad musical education, giving pupils an opportunity 
to become familiar with some of the best works of the 
old masters, and also of modern composers ; to culti- 
vate a taste and love for good piano music. Pupils are 
required to practice a thorough and systematic course 
of technique. Modern and approved methods of in- 
struction will be used. The Course requires four to 
five years for its completion, according to the ability 
of the pupil. Class instruction (number limited) given 
to those desiring it. A Diploma will be given to all 
completing the Course satisfactorily. Harmony, as a 



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separate study, must be pursued at least one year to 
obtain a diploma. Pupils sufficiently advanced will be 
required to play in public. Use of piano for practice 
can be secured in the building. 



ORGAN COURSE. 

Organ Studies of Whiting, Dunham, Rink. Selec- 
tions from Whiting's "Organist," Lemmens, Mendels- 
sohn's Organ Sonatas, Bach's Preludes and Fugues, and 
pieces from classic and modern composers. 



TERMS— TWENTY LESSONS. 

Theory and Methods — To Normal Students Free. 

Academic Students , $ 2.50 

Vocal Culture and Singing — Private Lessons (half hour) 20.00 

Piano, - " " " 20.00 

Organ, - " " " 20.00 

Harmony, - " " 20.00 

Piano, (two in a class) 10.00 

" Beginners' Class of four 2.00 

" Assistant Teacher, 10.00 

Voice, " " 12 00 

Use of Piano — ten weeks, 40 min. daily, 1.25 



